{"id":11723,"date":"2026-08-24T12:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T19:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthygrinsportfishing.com\/?p=11723"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T19:52:44","slug":"not-a-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthygrinsportfishing.com\/?p=11723","title":{"rendered":"Not a sheep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michael.wells.737?__cft__[0]=AZZrPPdJAYN9cE4ec7vYE0tNmSZboc69L7MhmyX-g04cQwCrp0O6Mus5IsSz1gLDOsmjPM87u4xc9eptMHFIZe_A-i3JKUEHKWEQ-DtuIlAX8IRAj0IRRJuXjXyy3sOPDM5YlTI0OnCpx9iVghiol7aoFEGvbMAZQkc6tJg8TkaIW9RevzdhH9EGPaGaxDOtQhrD7iedygtQi0Zvr3FS3St7XKOZWqVgm9qvImQI44djTA&amp;__cft__[1]=AZbv5Oc6QoefqWIf5SybiSh7vRWzz6uAqWh8H_oOnyLQnAVMIjQ0kmSGJ6FYTO2hvvfMuHL-nx12liuz-TJqHkWKuus8TL5gjK72ZJ0tHxKy_XquMuumDmC3RHSlj-iseu11rOVNJOi3tA-LU34qFYx6OxZXdoo1yoveMHrmEdbFW2b_W77JPRAwO3p8SfnJthirri4OL1pu-kc7jrVkkFH0sxXa2lmJwGzwfhzpb7NU0Q&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\">Michael Wells<\/span><\/a><\/span> asked if we could try for a sheepshead. I said, &#8220;sure, we can catch oyster toads &#8216;. Catch toads we did. We did have a handful of real bites that we managed to break off. The one I held onto was a black drum. We had a cobia visit that was more interested in the propeller than our jigs. I caught a spadefish on a chunk of bluecrab on the bottom. Then, it happened again. 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